Loners, wanderers, freaks, Lend me your ears. Come to me, All who struggle and are angry, And the music will give you release. I'll be your DJ. I'll give you what you need. The oldies that hurt your heart, The country that drives you crazy. The metal that grinds your teeth. Get in your car, …
Tag: Writing
A Ghost Among the Undead
[WP] You’re a ghost, but your body isn’t dead. It’s undead, and Zombie-You is an absolute moron without you at the wheel. I shot up in bed. I’m not sure if I even screamed. But Jesus, fuck that nightmare. It’s always the same one, where you’re falling and you wake up the second you hit the …
Second Shift
He leaves for work Right before I get home. It's another night in the lab for him And another night alone for me. It's like closing time at the bar. I lock the door, I turn up that old world radio, And I grab a cold drink, Maybe think about something to eat. …
Notes on Negativity
Sometimes, you wonder if you’re good enough for anyone or anything. You feel like you aren’t doing any of it right. You believe everything about you is wrong. You doubt your skills and whether you had any to begin with. You wonder if you’re as smart as you think you are. You figure it’s all …
Truly Seeing
You are blind, and always have been. One day, while riding the bus to the store, you see a girl sitting across from you. I heard people talking about me when I approached the bus stop. They weren’t very subtle about it, but that doesn’t bother me much anymore. I’ve learned that people really aren’t …
Detention and Dragons
[WP] A mighty jock. A frail but deadly goth. A nerd who can stack the odds in his favor. And a sheltered homeschooler whose abilities are shrouded in mystery. These are their adventures, and this is Detention and Dragons. They all came in one by one, my next players. I sat at my desk, holding …
Due to the Drought
[WP] It's been 10 years since the Drought. Now you walk along the Atlantic Desert, searching for others who might be in hiding. Very few people ever swam across the Atlantic. Benoît Lecomte was, allegedly, the first-known solo swimmer, going from Massachusetts to France. Jennifer Figge swam from the Cape Verde Islands to Trinidad about …
The Eternal Soldier
[WP] While visiting a memorial for veterans, you spot a man in a stained and dirty uniform. After asking him what war he served in, he sadly laughs and responds "all of them". I had always seen the veterans’ memorial every time I drove into work. It was right outside one of the gates to …
The Chosen Ones
[WP] You are the Chosen One. You go to kill the evil tyrant, only to find that he’s actually the previous Chosen One. Water doused fire. Air obliterated earth. No matter which spells I cast, he seemed to know before I did. I thrust my staff out, creating a flock of birds in a burst …
Intervention
[WP] After you laze about in a looped day for years, God finally stages an intervention to tell you that you’re supposed to be trying to get out of the loop. I’m not usually this irritated. Rather, I’ve always been perceived as the very opposite. I mean, at least sometimes. Don’t dwell on that too …
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